Mk6 R front bumper on caddy

scatman75 · Post by **scatman75** » Fri Dec 20, 2019 11:03 pm

so were do i go from here,i take it ill need some plastic welder at least to get to the next stage...

scatman75 · Post by **scatman75** » Fri Dec 20, 2019 11:06 pm

i found this in bunnings ,will this be idea to get it welded....

RKDesigns · Post by **RKDesigns** » Fri Dec 20, 2019 11:19 pm

I used a heatgun 660 degrees celcius and special plastic welding end.

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scatman75 · Post by **scatman75** » Fri Dec 20, 2019 11:23 pm

i really appriaiate your help mate,did you overlap the bumpers much and what did you use to smooth out the joins...

RKDesigns · Post by **RKDesigns** » Sat Dec 21, 2019 6:32 am

No overlap at all. You need to keep just some space between both bumpers while the hot staples go in or afterwards cut it a bit open. Melted plastic via the welder tool in the middle of it. I welded it and spreaded it out with the welder head which doesn’t look so nice but it’s strong. In the end filler on top. Used by the way cutted material from the bumpers to weld them together. So it’s 100% pp-epdm <10>

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scatman75 · Post by **scatman75** » Sat Dec 21, 2019 6:47 am

Supply's I got so far,do these look ok mate ...

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RKDesigns · Post by **RKDesigns** » Sat Dec 21, 2019 6:50 am

There are many ways to weld plastic together.

You bought some stuff like this...

https://youtu.be/FEGb4ofbGOE

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RKDesigns · Post by **RKDesigns** » Sat Dec 21, 2019 6:55 am

And I have no patience lol so went for “speed welding” 3:24 in the video. You get a thicker effect like you can see at the back close up of my front bumper. There I left it as we will not see it later on. At the front side I spreaded it out.

https://youtu.be/HvV9a3lEe2g

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scatman75 · Post by **scatman75** » Sat Dec 21, 2019 7:05 am

So much good info here ,some pictures of were I cut the caddy bumper. .

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Vandangos · Post by **Vandangos** » Sat Dec 21, 2019 2:10 pm

Looks good!

scatman75 · Post by **scatman75** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 9:41 am

Lots of sanding still ahead...

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the swan fiend · Post by **the swan fiend** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 10:18 am

Looking good there mate

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RKDesigns · Post by **RKDesigns** » Tue Dec 24, 2019 10:22 am

Looks much better the R bumper on the caddy.

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scatman75 · Post by **scatman75** » Thu Dec 26, 2019 12:43 pm

Nearly there,lots of sanding to get the shape right ...

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RKDesigns · Post by **RKDesigns** » Thu Dec 26, 2019 2:03 pm

Hours and hours sanding

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